Golden Horde
Season 12
As basic as possible (it looks scarier than it is!) Golden Horde build order for new players. Video below! The goal is to be aggressive in the Feudal Age with , & Spear/ while slowly going to the Castle Age. This can be played on any land map against any* civilisation allowing you to get a foothold in any game and then diverge from there. Also works in team games! Once you get Castle, you can look to end the game early with the help of +2 ranged armour on your , MAA, and , or you can save
stone and later go for which is a huge power-spike where the Golden Horde really becomes a horde. *Against feudal knight civs like French, you will want to alter this build and go + in Feudal instead of massing , even adding in if they mass their own . Check out Pt2 of the below video for more info.
Make sure you don't over-queue Mongols and delay your age up!
Mongols makes > > Ger
Gold. Rally on Sheep until 8, then 2 to
Gold for 3 total.
Rallying back to
Food, age up with Khan Age2 when you can
Leave 6 on
Food and 3 on
Gold as you age up
Rally to
Wood until 10 total, then back to
Food to 12. Get when you can.
Be aggressive as soon as Khan comes out if you can!
Immediately get 2nd and queue up Khan + (you'll make non-stop in Feudal)
Build a near
Gold, queue up when you can, build by and train non-stop
Take Mongols and go to Deer with + Ger. Get .
As
Wood begins to float, build by and train (as needed) and at least
As
Wood floats even more, can slowly add and/or get + /
Once feeling safe to age up, reassign Mongols to
Food /
Gold (based on feel) and age up with Lumber Shields
The age up takes forever (1m 50s!!). Use the time to re-arrange and prep your economy.
While waiting for the age up, get (if not already), , and add more +
Optionally instead of in Castle, you can use
Stone for faster Age3 (they get Lumber Shields Age3 too) or save it for . Good luck!
Immediately get 3rd , upgrade , train + / + (+ if need), get / , and be aggressive!